Cap for sliding doors



No. 622,l29. Patented Mar. 28, I899. E. H. DUANE.

CAP FOB SLIDING DOORS.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 189B.)

(No Model.)

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' UNITE STATES ELIAS HOWES DOANE,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF TONIGA, ILLINOIS.

CAP FOR SLlDl NG DOORS.

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,129, dated March 28, '1899.

Application filed October 19, 1898. Serial No. 693,990. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, ELIAS HowEs DOANE, of Tonica, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Cap for Sliding Doors, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in caps or devices for covering the track upon which sliding doors run, and has for its object to make this track readily accessible in order to be able to easily remedy any difficulty arising from the wheels getting off of the track or from any other cause.

My invention comprises the novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device applied to a door, and Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken through my device and showing the upper end of the door.

In the drawings, A represents a door-openin g through a wall B, said door-opening being closed by a sliding door D. Extending above the door-opening and also beyond one side thereof is a plate J, which is secured to the wall and provides a track upon which the door slides. The door may be supported upon this track in any desirable manner, the means herein shown being two bars L, which are secured to the door and project above the same, each bar being provided with a wheel K,which rolls upon the track J. Secured to the wall above the track J is a plate C, which is provided at its lower edge with an inwardlyturned roll, as shown at F.

The cap, whichcovers the track, consistsof a plate E, which at its upper edge is provided with an outwardly-turned roll adapted to intermesh with the roll upon the plate 0, so as to secure the plates together and form ahinge, so that the plate E may be swung upward. This plate is made of such ,shape as to cover the upper end of the door, and at its lower edge it is preferably provided with a stiffening-rod G, which is secured to the plate by rolling the edge of the plate over the rod. The ends of the cap are provided with eyes I, adapted to be engaged by hooks I-I,which are secured to the wall or to a bracket M, which closes the end of the cap. The eyes I may be formed upon the ends of the stiffening-rod G when the latter is used. This is the. construction shown in the drawings.

If the wheels K should get off of the track or if from any cause the door should become stuck, it is a simple matter to remove the hooks H and swing the cap up. The sliding mechanism of the door is thus readily accessible and any trouble may be easily remedied.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- A removable cap for sliding doors, comprising a plate secured to the wall and having its lower edge rolled inward, a cover-plate having its upward edge rolled outward and engaging the roll upon the other plate to form a hinge, a rod extending along and secured to the lower edge of the covering-plate, and provided with projecting eyes at each end, brackets fixed beneath the ends of the hinged plates and hooks carried by the brackets to engage the projecting eyes and holding the cover down, substantially as described.

ELIAS I-IOWES DUANE. 

